Artistic Director Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra (www.bpho.be) Brussels Philharmonic Chorus & Serenata Vocale
(chamber choir)

Winner of the Belgian French Federation Community Prize and the Chilean National Conservatory Prize, David Navarro-Turres is Artistic director of the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra (www.bpho.be) / Brussels Philharmonic Chorus,  chief conductor of the Wien Akustik Symphonie and the Serenata Vocale chamber choir.

As a guest conductor, he has appeared with numerous leading orchestras and ensembles, including the Belgian National Orchestra, the Royal Music Corps of the Belgian Guides, the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hong Kong Symphony Orchestra, the Saint Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, and Ensemble Confluences, the EST OUEST ensemble, El Sistema Belgium orchestra, Brussels Choral Society, Brussels Chamber Choir, The Euro-Persian Art Orchestra, The Chilean Chamber Orchestra, La Serena Symphonic Orchestra, The Symphony Orchestra of Concepción, The Symphony Orchestra of Antofagasta, The China Hong Kong Symphony, the Orchestre Symphonique du Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles, the the HKU Utrecht Conservatory Orchestra, The St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, the Commonwealth Symphony Orchestra, Pazardjik Symphony Orchestra, the Caméra Lirica and a China Tour with the Wien Akustik Symphonie.

Born in Antofagasta, Chile, Mr Navarro-Turres began conducting at the age of fifteen with the Youth Symphony Orchestra at the Liceo Experimental Artístico. He is a graduate of the Modern Contemporary Music School, the National Conservatory of the University of Chile and the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. He has won scholarships for conducting masterclasses in Zurich with David Zinman and the Tonhalle Orchestra, in London with Benjamin Zander and the London Masterclass Orchestra, and with Guerassim Voronkov and the St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra.

Highlights of his career include conducting Three Letters from Sarajevo by Goran Bregović at the opening concert of the BALKAN TRAFIK Festival in 2017, in the presence of the composer, as well as the Brel Symphonique project with the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra, performed at Forest National and in several major Belgian cities. In 2022, he opened the Festival of Sacred Music at the Mons International Contemporary Music Festival with Ensemble Confluences, before concluding the year with a national tour of the operetta Bluebeard. A regular guest conductor in Asia and the Middle East, he notably completed three consecutive tours in China, all met with widespread critical and public acclaim.

The press frequently highlights “his strong leadership on the podium,” “his mastery of complex works,” and “his constant commitment to delivering a coherent, intense, and memorable musical experience.”